The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 30, 2017 Truly doing is the best teacher.   It has been an interesting week. We started with a short visit to Southern Pines NC, next we headed to the Atlantic Ocean and Pawley’s Island for a couple days and finally south to Sanibel Island on the Gulf Coast. I spent a…

Bird Droppings July 27, 2017 Doing is the best teacher   It has been an interesting week. We traveled from Georgia through South and North Carolina into Florida. I spent a good bit of the mornings and evenings taking advantage of weather and light and getting some rather interesting photographs. I was able to get…

Bird Droppings July 26, 2017 What do we miss?   All Along the Watchtower   There must be some way out of here, Said the joker to the thief, There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief. Businessmen, they drink my wine, Plowmen dig my earth, None of them along the line Know what…

Bird Droppings July 25, 2017 Should we even consider ignorance a part of the journey?   “If I want to justify my existence, and continue to be obsessed with the notion that I’ve got to do something for humanity — well, teaching ought to quell that obsession — and if I can ever get around…

Bird Droppings July 20, 2017 Did you know trees can talk?   “Did you know that trees talk? Well, they do. They talk to each other, and they’ll talk if you listen. Trouble is, white people don’t listen. They never learned to listen to the Indians so I don’t suppose they’ll listen to other voices…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2017 Is it a paradox that sometimes small can be big?   July has been a slow month for sunrises with clouds and fog nearly every morning. Somehow between the clouds and even in the fog I have found images worthy of a photo. Finding the tiny pieces within our existence…

Bird Droppings July 18, 2017 Why not continue the Journey? Freire and Foxfire both start with F’s.   “So I’d much rather get across the concept of freedom. It’s what’s important to Indian children. The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. Otherwise you…

Bird Droppings July 17, 2017 Placing each puzzle piece one at a time a secret formula or just good teaching “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How many times are we told “take your time”? So often in life we are anxious to get…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2017 Like the spider web all of life is connected and intertwined   As I thought about the Sydney J. Harris passage below I recall a walk Saturday morning out to a quiet spot where I meditate and something hit me. As I faced east towards the rising sun the gossamer…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2017 Hearing and listening are critical   “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus   A simple analogy yet we far too often do not understand that statement and perhaps it is because we have more jaw muscle than…